Standing Anubis

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description This statuette of Anubis, god of embalming, represents him striding, wearing a long wig that covers the transition between his human body and jackal head. As a son of Osiris, he wears the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Exhibitions

Mummified. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2008-2013.

Provenance Khawam [from Mitrahina]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

664-342 BC (Late Period)

Medium

bronze, glass or stone
(Metal)

Accession Number

54.552

Measurements

9 13/16 x 2 7/16 x 3 15/16 in. (24.9 x 6.2 x 10 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View